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D.C. falling behind on efforts to fight AIDS? A report slated to be released today says the District is falling behind on efforts to fight AIDS. The report's authors said part of the problem has been a lack of leadership by Mayor Adrian Fenty and called on D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray to restore momentum to efforts to combat the disease.

Gray campaign probe. This has hardly been the fresh start that D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray envisioned, I'm sure. On Monday, the D.C. Office of Campaign Finance announced it is launching a probe into allegations by Sulaimon Brown that members of Gray's campaign staff offered him a city job in exchange for his continued attacks on then-D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty during last year's mayoral campaign. Gray's aides have denied such a deal existed. At least two other offices are looking into the allegations: at Gray's request: the acting attorney general's office; and at D.C. Council Chairman Kwame Brown's request, the D.C. Inspector General. Kwame Brown, you may recall, ran into trouble of his own when news surfaced about the fully loaded SUV he'd requested at taxpayer expense.

The East Coast Rapist. We're learning more about the man accused of being the East Coast Rapist. Aaron H. Thomas, 39, an out-of-work truck driver, is currently in custody in Connecticut. He's accused in more than a dozen attacks over a span of 14 years -- including a 2009 attack in Prince William County on Halloween.

Your vote counts. On a whim, Nicole Pugh voted for herself and became a member of her local Advisory Neighborhood Commission -- with one vote. She's now in charge of a D.C. neighborhood district east of the Anacostia that hasn't had representation in 14 years.

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